Command Line Fu vs RFC View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Command Line Fu
Access a vast collection of command-line snippets shared by users. Browse, search, and expand your knowledge of powerful command-line tools and techniques. This app serves as a mobile gateway to a popular online resource for CLI enthusiasts.
- Browse command-line snippets
- Search command-line archive
- View most popular snippets
- View most recent snippets
- Access commandlinefu.com API
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Command Line Fu is a simple way to browse commandlinefu.com - the place where all Command Line Ninjas (tm) share their best command line snippets. Browse the most recent or the most popular snippets and expand your CLI wisdom! You can even search the archive, too! This app uses commandlinefu.com's API to present the data, but is otherwise unaffiliated with the site. It's simply my humble tribute to a site I dig more and more as I spend more time with it. I'd love feedback and comments on how to make the app even better.
RFC View
Access and read RFC documents in various formats, including text, HTML, and PDF. Features offline reading for text files, document searching, and the ability to save favorites. Stay updated with the latest documents without needing app updates.
- List all RFC documents
- Search by title, ID, author, or keywords
- Read in text, HTML, or PDF formats
- Offline reading for text documents
- Save favorite documents
- View latest documents
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A reader for RFC documents. Features for RFC View are: 1 - List all RFC documents 2 - Search with title, document id, authors or keywords in all RFC documents 3 - Read all documents with text, HTML or PDF formats 4 - Offline Mode: You can read all documents in text format without internet 5 - Keep your favorite documents 6 - Get latest docs: You can view all new documents without waiting for the new version of this app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: RFC View at Free against Command Line Fu's $1.99. RFC View also leads on update cadence (every 13 months vs every 157 months). Command Line Fu's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and chart position (#195 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
RFC View is free to download; Command Line Fu costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Command Line Fu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Command Line Fu ships an update every 157 months, RFC View every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Command Line Fu | RFC View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 157 months | Every 13 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Swooshable | mantar |
Customer experience
Command Line Fu
RFC View
In-app purchases
Command Line Fu
No in-app purchases
RFC View
No in-app purchases
